Celes, Rune Knight

Global Commander Stats

All Mardu commanders

387 Wins

685 Losses

Summary

Celes, Rune Knight is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,072 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (387–685) at an Elo of 1,508, ranking #1749 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 135 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Celes, Rune Knight's win rate?

Celes, Rune Knight has a 36% win rate across 1072 recorded Playgroup games (387 wins, 685 losses).

How long do winning games with Celes, Rune Knight take?

Wins with Celes, Rune Knight take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 days.

How many decks use Celes, Rune Knight?

377 decks list Celes, Rune Knight as their commander on Playgroup, of which 256 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

1749

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1508

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 135

Average commander damage per game 608279

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.72

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 377

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 256

No. games played with this commander 1072

Total hours played 12 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1774	Kazaandu	58	34	59 %
2	1537	jan hagen	5	2	40 %
3	1533	Encarnation	14	7	50 %
4	1531	ThePhixer	1	1	100 %
5	1530	BetterAshThanDust	5	3	60 %

How does this commander win?

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, 41.23% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

41.23%

Non Combat Damage

27.92%

Combo

24.68%

Mill

2.27%

Alternative

2.27%

Commander Damage

1.62%

Avg win turn 8.0 based on 403 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Celes, Rune Knight wins 44.88% of games from position 1 and 26.82% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

44.88% n=303

Seat 2

38.24% n=306

Seat 3

30.99% n=284

Seat 4

26.82% n=179

Seat 5

40.0% n=20

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Celes, Rune Knight wins 32.44% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.44% n=299

1 mulligan

37.28% n=228

2 mulligans

31.03% n=87

3 mulligans

21.43% n=28

4 mulligans

25.0% n=4

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Celes, Rune Knight 3.94/5 on average, across 739 self-reports.

3.94 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.4% of the time across 402 tracked wins.

66.4 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Celes, Rune Knight. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.